Summarized & Analyzed "The Way of the World"

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This is not the original text of the play "The Way of the World." If you want to read the original text, please don't download this book.

The present study guide includes introduction, plot overview, analysis of major characters, complete summary, and critical analysis. This book will enable students to understand the original text of the book better ; however, the detailed summary will enable readers to understand what the play is about.

All the best

Student World

William Congreve’s “The Way of the World” is considered as one of the best Restoration comedies. The play has not lost its popularity even today, for it is still occasionally performed.

The play was first performed in March 1700 at Lincoln’s Inn Fields in London. The reaction of the audience and reviewers was not highly positive when the play first premiered because the majority of the audience still carried the morality of the previous decades.

Summarized & Analyzed "The Way of the World"
Copyright
Author's Note
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Plot Overview
Chapter Three: Major Characters
Mr. Fainall
Mr. Edward Mirabell
Anthony Witwoud
Petulant
Sir Wilfull Witwoud
Waitwell
Lady Wishfort (Lady Wish.)
Miss Millamant
Mrs. Marwood
Mrs. Arabella Fainall

• Language: English
• Publisher: Raja Sharma
• Release date: Dec 2, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370909711

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Summarized & Analyzed "The Way of the World

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Summarized & Analyzed The Way of the World

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Summarized & Analyzed The Way of the World

Copyright

Author's Note

Chapter One: Introduction

Chapter Two: Plot Overview

Chapter Three: Major Characters

Mr. Fainall

Mr. Edward Mirabell

Anthony Witwoud

Petulant

Sir Wilfull Witwoud

Waitwell

Lady Wishfort (Lady Wish.)

Miss Millamant

Mrs. Marwood

Mrs. Arabella Fainall

Foible

Chapter Four: Complete Summary

Chapter Five: Critical Analysis

Author’s Note

This is not the original text of the play The Way of the World. If you want to read the original text, please don't download this book.

The present study guide includes introduction, plot overview, analysis of major characters, complete summary, and critical analysis. This book will enable students to understand the original text of the book better; however, the detailed summary will enable readers to understand what the play is about.

All the best

Student World

Chapter One: Introduction

William Congreve’s The Way of the World is considered as one of the best Restoration comedies. The play has not lost its popularity even today, for it is still occasionally performed.

The play was first performed in March 1700 at Lincoln’s Inn Fields in London. The reaction of the audience and reviewers was not highly positive when the play first premiered because the majority of the audience still carried the morality of the previous decades.

After the first show of the play, there were very eloquent and apparent reactions, and many of the audience members declared it to be too vulgar. It can be said that the audience of the time was not ready to come out of the traditional and conventional plays that generally highlighted the morality that had continued for several decades.

The Way of the World is considered as the most famous example of Restoration Comedy.

Some Important Points of Consideration:

There are several such points about the play that it becomes necessary to discuss it in a bit more detail.

The portrayal of love in the play centres on material gain rather than the love of the partner. An agreement is drawn between Millamant and Mirabell before they get married. Millamant wants to have all manner of liberties and power, and it was